The Effects of Group Counselling Based on Cognitive-behavioral Theory for Enhancing Self-esteem in Secondary 3 Students at Wat Suttharam Secondary School in Bangkok

Abstract

           This research was a quasi-experimental research design. The purposes were 1) To compare the self-esteem of students before and after receiving group counseling based on Cognitive Behavioral Theory 2) To compare the self-esteem of students between the experimental group who received the group counselling based on Cognitive Behavioral Theory and the control group who received normal care.

             The sample group was 196 Secondary 3 students of Wat Suttharam Secondary School, Bangkok. A sample of 16 people who were measured by the self-esteem questionnaire and scored below the 25th Percentile. Then, it used the simple random sampling method. It was the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group will receive group counseling and the control group will receive normal care.

             The research instruments were self-esteem questionnaires. It has an Index of Item Objective Congruence (IOC) of 0.67-1.00 and a reliability value of 0.70. Group counseling is based on cognitive and behavioral Theory. It has an Index of Item Objective Congruence (IOC) about 0.67-1.00. General data analysis using descriptive statistics, and comparative statistics using Paired -Sample T-Test and Independent T-Test. Here are the results of this research:

1. The self-esteem of students in the experimental group after receiving the group counseling based on Cognitive Behavioral Theory had higher self-esteem than before participating in group counseling, with statistical significance at the 0.5 level.
2. The self-esteem of students in the experimental group who received group counseling based on Cognitive Behavioral Theory. Their self-esteem was significantly higher than the control group who received normal care at the 0.1 level.